Multiple valve surgery for a patient with presternal oesophageal reconstruction

Abstract

A 73-year old woman presented with progressive exertional dyspnoea. Echocardiography revealed severe regurgitation of the aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves, indicating the need for multiple valve surgery. The patient had a past history of oesophageal cancer that had been treated with chemoradiotherapy followed by oesophagectomy with presternal reconstruction using a gastric tube and a pedicled jejunum covered by the rectus abdominal muscle flap. She underwent aortic and mitral valve replacement with prostheses and tricuspid ring annuloplasty through a lower partial median sternotomy to avoid injury to the cervical oesophagus and a pedicled jejunum placed on the sternal manubrium.